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x86/alternatives: fixup alternative_call_2

PATCH Superseded Alexey Dobriyan 3 participants 5 messages Dec 25, 2017 – Mar 27, 2018 x86

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PATCH 1/1 x86/alternatives: fixup alternative_call_2

The following pattern fails to compile while the same pattern with alternative_call() does.

	if (...)
		alternative_call_2(...);
	else
		alternative_call_2(...);

---

 arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h +1 -3
@@ -218,13 +218,11 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
  */
 #define alternative_call_2(oldfunc, newfunc1, feature1, newfunc2, feature2,   \
 			   output, input...)				      \
-{									      \
 	asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE_2("call %P[old]", "call %P[new1]", feature1,\
 		"call %P[new2]", feature2)				      \
 		: output, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT				      \
 		: [old] "i" (oldfunc), [new1] "i" (newfunc1),		      \
-		  [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input);			      \
-}
+		  [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input)
 
 /*
  * use this macro(s) if you need more than one output parameter
#1 lore raw
Quoted 7 lines · Alexey Dobriyan

The following pattern fails to compile while the same pattern with alternative_call() does.

	if (...)
		alternative_call_2(...);
	else
		alternative_call_2(...);

Sigh. Can we get an explanation WHY it fails ?

Quoted 25 lines

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 arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h +1 -3
@@ -218,13 +218,11 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
  */
 #define alternative_call_2(oldfunc, newfunc1, feature1, newfunc2, feature2,   \
 			   output, input...)				      \
-{									      \
 	asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE_2("call %P[old]", "call %P[new1]", feature1,\
 		"call %P[new2]", feature2)				      \
 		: output, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT				      \
 		: [old] "i" (oldfunc), [new1] "i" (newfunc1),		      \
-		  [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input);			      \
-}
+		  [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input)
 
 /*
  * use this macro(s) if you need more than one output parameter
#2 lore raw

PATCH v2 1/1 x86/alternatives: fixup alternative_call_2

The following pattern fails to compile while the same pattern with alternative_call() does:

	if (...)
		alternative_call_2(...);
	else
		alternative_call_2(...);

as it expands into

	if (...)
	{
	};	<===
	else
	{
	};

---

 arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h +1 -3
@@ -218,13 +218,11 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
  */
 #define alternative_call_2(oldfunc, newfunc1, feature1, newfunc2, feature2,   \
 			   output, input...)				      \
-{									      \
 	asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE_2("call %P[old]", "call %P[new1]", feature1,\
 		"call %P[new2]", feature2)				      \
 		: output, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT				      \
 		: [old] "i" (oldfunc), [new1] "i" (newfunc1),		      \
-		  [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input);			      \
-}
+		  [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input)
 
 /*
  * use this macro(s) if you need more than one output parameter
#3 lore raw

[tip:x86/asm] x86/alternatives: Fixup alternative_call_2

x86/alternatives: Fixup alternative_call_2
Commit-ID:  668120ab7ee4db67618ec75a0ebc93eae6c70034
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/668120ab7ee4db67618ec75a0ebc93eae6c70034
Author:     Alexey Dobriyan <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 15:05:04 +0300
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:32:40 +0200

x86/alternatives: Fixup alternative_call_2

The following pattern fails to compile while the same pattern with alternative_call() does:

	if (...)
		alternative_call_2(...);
	else
		alternative_call_2(...);

as it expands into

	if (...)
	{
	};	<===
	else
	{
	};
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h +1 -3
index cf5961ca8677..4cd6a3b71824 100644
@@ -218,13 +218,11 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
  */
 #define alternative_call_2(oldfunc, newfunc1, feature1, newfunc2, feature2,   \
 			   output, input...)				      \
-{									      \
 	asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE_2("call %P[old]", "call %P[new1]", feature1,\
 		"call %P[new2]", feature2)				      \
 		: output, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT				      \
 		: [old] "i" (oldfunc), [new1] "i" (newfunc1),		      \
-		  [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input);			      \
-}
+		  [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input)
 
 /*
  * use this macro(s) if you need more than one output parameter
#4 lore raw

[tip:x86/pti] x86/alternatives: Fixup alternative_call_2

In reply to Alexey Dobriyan
x86/alternatives: Fixup alternative_call_2
Commit-ID:  bd6271039ee6f0c9b468148fc2d73e0584af6b4f
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/bd6271039ee6f0c9b468148fc2d73e0584af6b4f
Author:     Alexey Dobriyan <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 15:05:04 +0300
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:47:53 +0200

x86/alternatives: Fixup alternative_call_2

The following pattern fails to compile while the same pattern with alternative_call() does:

	if (...)
		alternative_call_2(...);
	else
		alternative_call_2(...);

as it expands into

	if (...)
	{
	};	<===
	else
	{
	};
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h +1 -3
index cf5961ca8677..4cd6a3b71824 100644
@@ -218,13 +218,11 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
  */
 #define alternative_call_2(oldfunc, newfunc1, feature1, newfunc2, feature2,   \
 			   output, input...)				      \
-{									      \
 	asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE_2("call %P[old]", "call %P[new1]", feature1,\
 		"call %P[new2]", feature2)				      \
 		: output, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT				      \
 		: [old] "i" (oldfunc), [new1] "i" (newfunc1),		      \
-		  [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input);			      \
-}
+		  [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input)
 
 /*
  * use this macro(s) if you need more than one output parameter